Terms

Substances in food that your body needs for growth and development.

Nutrients

The energy in food, or used up by activity, is meaasured in a unit called a

Calorie

The natural physical drive to eat when your body needs food is

Hunger

The psychological desire for food is referred to as

Appetite

An environmental factor that influences food choices is

Time

Starches and sugars in food that provide most of the body's energy

Carbohydrates

Tough, complex carb that the body cannot digest

Fiber

Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain it's cells and tissues

Proteins

Waxy, fat like substance found in blood

Cholesterol

Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes

vitamins

A substance added to food to improve it's taste, texture, of appearance is called a

Food additive

The amount of a nutrient that you need each day is it's

Daily value

A disease caused by bacteria or viruses in food is know as a

Foodborne illness

A condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods is a

Food intolerance

A negative reaction to food that does not involve the immune system is a

Food allergy